# Accident 19750518021379A: Cessna 172M, Tullahoma, TN, May 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1975
- Place: Tullahoma, TN
- Airport: William Northern
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 35.3734° N, 86.2183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tullahoma, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3734&lon=-86.2183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13224, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13224-1975-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750518021379A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WITNESS AT ARPT DESCRIBED FOG SO DENSE HE COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY FROM THE HANGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD75AI060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI060), May 18, 1975: Cessna 172 (N13224), Tullahoma, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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